TO KNOW HOW TO DO Describe symptoms and estimate the incidence and severity of plant diseases. Isolate pathogenic bacteria and fungi from plant samples. Using the optical microscope for observation of fungal structures and recognize the main fungal genus. Inoculate plants with viruses, bacteria and fungi. Set up plant disease diagnosis.

At the end of the course the students must: To Know: the main causes of plant disease; infectious process and the epidemiology of viruses, viroids, prokaryotes, fungi and oomycetes; how pathogens attack the plants; how plants defend themselves,; how to control plant diseases; symptoms, life cycle, epidemiology and control of some viral, bacterial and fungal diseases. To Know how to do: plant disease symptom description; plant disease diagnosis.

Own Office. Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. Plant Pathology area

ECTS code

2014 - 1619

Module: Agricultural entomology

Lecturer

Carlo RICCI

Type

Specific formative activities

Area

DISCIPLINE DELLA DIFESA

Sector

AGR/11

ECTS

6

Implementation procedures

Conventional

Course content

The importance and diversty of insects. External anatomy. Internal anatomy and physiology. Sensory systems and behaviour. Reproduction. Insect development and life histories. Diffusion of the species. Population Dynamics. Chemical and biological control, Integrated pest management. Diversion, stability and succession in insect communites. Systematic notes. Biology of principal insect pest in some agroecosystems. Pollinator's biology. Pratical work